Charlie Chaplin Quotes - 9quotes.com

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In the end, everything is a gag.
Written by Charlie Chaplin
All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl.
Written by Charlie Chaplin
Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.
Written by Charlie Chaplin
A day without laughter is a day wasted.
Written by Charlie Chaplin
I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it. If people are disillusioned by that remark, I can't help it. It's the truth.
Written by Charlie Chaplin
I thought I would dress in baggy pants, big shoes, a cane and a derby hat. everything a contradiction: the pants baggy, the coat tight, the hat small and the shoes large.
Written by Charlie Chaplin
I had no idea of the character. But the moment I was dressed, the clothes and the make-up made me feel the person he was. I began to know him, and by the time I walked onto the stage he was fully born.
Written by Charlie Chaplin
A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure.
Written by Charlie Chaplin
All my pictures are built around the idea of getting in trouble and so giving me the chance to be desperately serious in my attempt to appear as a normal little gentleman.
Written by Charlie Chaplin
That is why, no matter how desperate the predicament is, I am always very much in earnest about clutching my cane, straightening my derby hat and fixing my tie, even though I have just landed on my head.
Written by Charlie Chaplin
Actors search for rejection. If they don't get it they reject themselves.
Written by Charlie Chaplin
Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.
Written by Charlie Chaplin
I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician.
Written by Charlie Chaplin
The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.
Written by Charlie Chaplin
I don't believe that the public knows what it wants; this is the conclusion that I have drawn from my career.
Written by Charlie Chaplin
Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.
Written by Charlie Chaplin
Movies are a fad. Audiences really want to see live actors on a stage.
Written by Charlie Chaplin
I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that must be explained to be understood. If it does need additional interpretation by someone other than the creator, then I question whether it has fulfilled its purpose.
Written by Charlie Chaplin
I have no further use for America. I wouldn't go back there if Jesus Christ was President.
Written by Charlie Chaplin
Why should poetry have to make sense?
Written by Charlie Chaplin
We think too much and feel too little.
Written by Charlie Chaplin
I am for people. I can't help it.
Written by Charlie Chaplin
Words are cheap. The biggest thing you can say is 'elephant'.
Written by Charlie Chaplin
What do you want a meaning for? Life is a desire, not a meaning.
Written by Charlie Chaplin
Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles.
Written by Charlie Chaplin
To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it!
Written by Charlie Chaplin
To help a friend in need is easy, but to give him your time is not always opportune.
Written by Charlie Chaplin
Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless monster, a great, brutish idiot that goes where prodded.
Written by Charlie Chaplin
This is a ruthless world and one must be ruthless to cope with it.
Written by Charlie Chaplin
I'd sooner be called a successful crook than a destitute monarch.
Written by Charlie Chaplin

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